Clothesline hanger



M. V.YTEETOR.

CLOTHESLINE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-29, 192 0.

1,405,073, Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

MAItrIn v. 'rnncnomor noonnsr'nn nnw YORK. 1

cLomnEsLi-nri AN ER.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known thatI, MARTIN V. Tnn'roii, a citizen of the United States, residing' 'at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Clotheslin'e' Hangers; and I do declare the following'to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, taken in connection with theaccom: panying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to clothes line hangers of the kind used for hanging a line on which clothes may be hung up to dry, and which are often suspended at considerable heights and the line pulled around so that the clothes may be secured thereto and removed therefrom from one end of the loop.

The principal object of my invention is to provide an improved device of this kind, which is simple in construction and which permits the full use of'both elements of the loop without danger of dislodging the clothes or the means by which they are secured to the line. A further object of my invention is to produce a hanger of this kind having a plurality of hooks successively engaged by the line and movable to lift and carry the clothes suspended fromthe line past the hanger. More specifically, the object of my invention is to provide a, hanger of this kind, which is revoluble about an axis and which is provided with a plurality of movable arms having hooks on which an endless clothes line may be suspended, and outwardly projecting portions adapted to lift and carry articles suspended from the line in the vicinity of the hanger. To these and other ends my invention resides in certain arrangement and combination of parts, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a plan view of my improved clothes line hanger, showing an endless clothes line suspended therefrom and Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of the I same, showing the bracket on which it is mounted.

Similar reference numerals refer to the same parts in all the figures of the drawings. In the drawings, 1 is a bracket having a flanged base member by which it may be secured to any suitable vertical support by a Specification of ZettersTatent.

Application-filed neee teif 29,1920. Seria1 .1 T o. ;33,7o2

screws or other suitable means; Thebracket 1 has a horizontally extending arm 2 bent downwardly, as at 3,at its outer ,endwher'e it is provided with a suitablebearing; on

which my improved hanger is revolublysupported.

My {improved a hub -l having. a central bearing opening by which it is revolubly supported on thearm 3 of the. bracket 1. nut andwasher oranyother suitable means may be employed for sup-. porting the hub 4: on itsbearing. The hub 4 has a plurality of radially extending arms 5,

each of which may be provided with a downwardly and outwardly extendingfinger 6 at its outer end. Pivotally mounted on each of said arms is a movable member or arm '7.

Each of the arms 7 has a'pair ofp'erforated projecting ears 8 which engage-and turn on pins 9 fixed in the arms 5, and normally rest on the fingers 6 in a downwardly and outwardly inclined position. The inner ends of the movable arms are each formed with an upturned portion forming a hook 10, which hooks are adapted to engage and support one end of an endless cord or clothes line 11. In'practice, it will be understood that two hangers are employed and the cord is looped about both on'which it is supported to travel in each direction turning the hangers, and successively engaging the hooks 10 and swinging the arms 7 from the inclined position shown in the right of said figure. During this movement of the arms 7 from the inclined to the horizontal position the lower outer ends 12 of the arms engage the clothes or other articles suspended on the line and carry them past the hanger until the line again disengages the hook l0 and the arm 7 drops to normaliposition under the influence of gravity.

In order to prevent the arms 12 from catching the clothes and failing to release, them when the hooks 10 are released from the line or from tearing delicate fabrics, I provide the ends thereof with yokes or bows 13 in the form of bows having inturned ends which cannot catch or tear the clothes engaged pulls the books 10 against the line engaged.

claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A clothes line hanger, comprising-a hub adapted to revolve about a vertical axis, a plurality of arms projecting therefron'ua mov-- able arm pivoted intermediate its ends to the outer end of each ofsaid first named arms, and means, on said movable arms for engaging a clothes line. 1 r. r i

2. A clothes line hanger, comprising a revoluble hl1b,,a plurality of arms projecting therefrom, a movable arm pivoted to the end of each of'said first named arms, devices on said movable arms for engaging clothes and hooks also provided on said arms for engaging a clothes line whereby they are moved. to engage the clothes. e

3; A clothes line hanger, comprising a hub adaptedto revolveabout a verticalaxis, a

plurality of arms projecting therefrom, 7

-,engaging. a clothes line whereby said arms a are moved to a horizontal positlon.

4 A clothes line hanger, comprisinga hub adapted to revolve about a vertical axis, a plurality of arms projecting therefrom, hav ing downwardly inclined fingersonrt heir outer ends, a movable arm pivoted to the outer end of each of said first named arms and normally supported in an inclined position on said fingers, means 011 said arms for V engagingiaclothes line whereby said arms are moved toa horizontal position to lift and carry articles suspended from the line, and bows on the outer ends ofsaid arms for engaging the clothes.

MARTIN v. E TOR: 

